Shiko Paragon by irleck

Format: Commander

Commander: Shiko, Paragon of the Way

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Jeskai blink-value deck helmed by Shiko, Paragon of the Way. The core plan is to fill the graveyard with cheap instants, sorceries, and ETB creatures, then repeatedly flicker Shiko so her enters-the-battlefield trigger exiles and free-casts those spells. A dense package of one-mana blink effects (Ephemerate, Cloudshift, Essence Flux), repeatable engines (Soulherder, Teleportation Circle, Deadeye Navigator), and ETB payoffs (Agate Instigator, Aether Channeler, Beza, the Bounding Spring) turns every flicker into cards, tokens, drains, and board presence. Primary wins come from infinite ETB loops (notably Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake feeding Agate Instigator or spell-copy lines with Dualcaster Mage) and from go-wide combat via Monastery Mentor, tokens, and dragons. The deck plays as interactive midrange that grinds value until a loop or overwhelming board closes the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Airbender Ascension
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Beza, the Bounding Spring
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blur
  • 1 Caldera Pyremaw
  • 1 Candlekeep Sage
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Charming Prince
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Daydream
  • 1 Deadeye Navigator
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Displace
  • 1 Dour Port-Mage
  • 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
  • 1 Dragonstorm Globe
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki
  • 1 Flamehold Grappler
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Ghostway
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mandate of Peace
  • 1 Mists of Lórien
  • 1 Momentary Blink
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 1 Personify
  • 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Pyrogoyf
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scrollshift
  • 1 Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
  • 1 See the Truth
  • 1 Shiko, Paragon of the Way
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulherder
  • 1 Split Up
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Time Twist
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Three Blind Mice
  • 1 Turbulent Steppe
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Windfall